The Life of Sir David Wilkie: With his Journals, Tours, and Critical Remarks on Works of Art - Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture

Marc Notes: Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841) is often called the first truly international British artist. This three-volume biography, published in 1843, two years after Wilkie's sudden death while on a tour of the Mediterranean, and containing extracts from his journals and letters, remains an indispensable source for his life and works. Brief Description: This 1843 three-volume biography of the painter Sir David Wilkie remains an indispensable source for his life and works. Table of Contents: Preface; 1. Birth and parentage; 2. The first impulse for art; 3. Returns to cults; 4. His first London lodging; 5. Kindness of Mr Angerstein; 6. Paints 'The Card Players'; 7. Wilkie at Southampton; 8. Wilkie in Devonshire; 9. Wilkie paints 'The Wardrobe Ransacked'; 10. Cults; 11. Journal of a tour to Paris; 12. 'Distraining for Rent'.